Improvement in ironing-tables



A. AITKEN. Ironing-Table.

N0.198,262. Patented Dec. 18,187?

@m/JJZZ BY NJ'UERS, FHOTO-UTHOGRAPNER. WASHINGTON, D c.

UNITED STATES PATENT GFFIGE.

ANDREW AITKEN, OF WELLS RIVER, VERMONT, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND JAMES R. NELSON, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN IRONING-TABLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 198,262, dated December 18, 1877; application filed October 24, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW .AITKEN, of Wells River, in the county of Orange and State of Vermont, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ironing-Board Attachments for Tables, of which the following is a specification Figure 1 is an edge view of my improved ironing-board attachment partly in section through the line a: 00, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is an under-side view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved ironing-board attachment for tables, which shall be so constructed that it may be readily attached to and detached from an ordinary table without marring the table, and which, when attached, will be held firmly and securely.

The inventionwill first be described in connection with drawing, and then pointed out in claim. 1

A represents an ironing-board of any convenient shape and size.

To the forward part of the under side of the board A are attached the upper edges of two short longitudinal strips, B, and a cross-strip, G, the lower edges of which are designed to rest upon the table to which the ironing-board is to be attached, and which are faced with felt D or equivalent material, to prevent them from marring the table.

To the under side of the forward part of the board A, and between the rear ends of the longitudinal strips B, is pivoted the forward end of a sleeve-board, E, which, when not in use, is swung in beneath the board A, as shown in Fig. 1, so as to be entirely out of the way.

When the sleeve-board E is required for use, it is swung out upon either side into a position at right angles with the board A, and rests in a slot in the rear end of one or the other of the strips B.

F F are two iron loops, the upper ends of which rest upon the upper side of the forward end of the board A, and have lugs or pins f 1 formed upon their under sides, which enter holes in the said board A. Upon the middle part of the loops F are formed lugs f which rest against the sides of the forward ends of the strips B, and are secured to said strips by screws.

By this construction the loops F will be firmly and permanently secured to the ironing-board. The lower ends of the loops F project beneath the top of the table when the ironing-board is arranged upon it, and to and between said ends are pivoted the ends of a cam-shaped cross-bar, G, which is provided with a handle, g, so that by turning the cam cross-bar Gr against the lower side of the table-top the ironing-board will be firmly secured to the table.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- The combination, with ironing-board A, slotted strips B,and cross-strip O, of the loops F f 1 f and cam-bar G, pivoted between the lower ends of said loops, as shown and described.

ANDREW AITKEN.

Witnesses:

E. W. SMITH, A. UNDERWOOD. 

